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Embedded Linux and the GPLEmbedded Linux and the GPLPosted Jun 11, 2003 3:29 UTC (Wed) by faramir (subscriber, #2327)Parent article: Embedded Linux and the GPL Personally I don't care so much about getting source to the device driver. What I want is the ability to tweak the generic packet filtering/NAT code in the kernel. Or perhaps add in a SOCKS based port forwarding daemon. None of this requires driver source. It does, however, require known good source code for the exact hardware in question and how the images are built. Right now I run a PC as a firewall and was thinking that I'ld have to do that as well if I go wireless. If I could go buy a solid-state device for $50-$200 to do this AND I could tweak its configuration the same way that I could with a PC-based solution; I'ld be very happy. The vendors should be happy as well, as I'ld be spending money on their products. As there seems to be very little product differentiation in this space, I would think they would jump at any opportunity to make their product more attractive to even a small part of the market.
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Embedded Linux and the GPL Posted Jun 12, 2003 0:56 UTC (Thu) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link] You don't need the driver sources if you want to stick with Linux 2.4.5 or whatever Linksys is using. I don't think you can upgrade the kernel to 2.4.20 and keep the driver working. There were significant driver API changes before 2.4.13.
Embedded Linux and the GPL Posted Jun 12, 2003 3:55 UTC (Thu) by judge (guest, #6234) [Link] Yes I would really love to be able to hack a bit the linksys router. Its very cheap..it runs on almost no power. Even if all it means is that I can run an epic client in it or something. Or maybe add support for ip6.Could even stick it into a car to do some mobile computering or something. I really really wish that some embeded dev figures out how to place own images into the linksys. Perhaps guidelines on how to do it SAFELY would be nice too :)
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